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'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget

Posted by timothy on from the conjugate-special-interest dept.

jamie writes "As some of you may have heard, the incoming Republican majority in Congress has a new initiative called YouCut, which lets ordinary Americans like me propose government programs for termination. So imagine how excited I was to learn that YouCut's first target — yes, its first target — was that notoriously bloated white elephant, the National Science Foundation."

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  1. Re:Science ! by orphiuchus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm thinking we may consider moving some of this money over to K-12 grammar education.

  2. Re:Cut YouCut by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    So let me get this straight. The average American, who is not well versed in our own government, who doesn't really understand financial management, who can't locate Iraq on map, and overall isn't educated more than enough to make them a somewhat functioning worker...

    Gets to be a two-term President. Yes, we've already been over that. Can you just accept it and move on please?